The Russian Embassy on Thursday
lampooned the US for “unmotivated” and “hostile” actions against its people.

Russia warned the Trump-led US government
against its “unacceptable” attitude.

This followed the denial of
access to Russian ambassador when he visited the country’s diplomatic
properties in the US.

“Promises made by the Assistant
Secretary for Diplomatic Security Michael Evanoff that our properties are fine
cannot be trusted,” the embassy said in a statement.

“Even in the better year the
American side followed the trust but verify principle… Now it is time to verify
first and trust second.

“Such American stand is
unacceptable. Our grave concern about the state of the Russian property
remains.

“The fact that the Russian
Ambassador is not allowed to enter the buildings which belong to the Russian
Federation are unmotivated.

“These hostile actions of the
U.S. have neither logic, nor reason”.

Michael Evanoff told Sputnik that
US law enforcement was ensuring that Russia’s closed diplomatic properties
remained, “sacrosanct” and “secure.”

In 2017, the US ordered Russia in
August 2017 to close three sites in San Francisco, New York and Washington
after the two countries traded punitive measures over what Washington claimed
was Russian attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election.